Curriculum Vitae

 

Department:   School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), Stony Brook University

Name: Chang, Edmund, Kar-Man

Present Rank: Professor

 

I. EDUCATION

                                                DATES ATTENDED                  DATE OF

INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED      From      To     DEGREE     DEGREE     FIELD

 

California Institute of Technology       9/78        6/82     B.S. (Hons)   1982       Physics

Princeton University                           9/82        6/84     M.A.             1984       Astrophysical

                                                                                                                          Sciences

Princeton University                           9/89        6/91     M.A.             1991       Atmospheric

                                                                                                                          Sciences

Princeton University                           7/91        1/93     Ph.D.            1993       Atmospheric

                                                                                                                          Sciences

 

DISSERTATION TOPIC (Ph.D.): Downstream Development of Baroclinic Waves

                                                            Thesis advisor: Dr. Isidoro Orlanski

 

II. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

      FULL-TIME TEACHING/RESEARCH      ACADEMIC RANK

                           INSTITUTION                               & FIELD           FROM         TO

 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology                     Post-Doc Associate      2/93           6/94

                                                                              Atmospheric Sci.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology                     Assistant Professor       7/94           8/99

  Dept. of Earth, Atmos. and Planetary Sci.             Atmospheric Sci.

Florida State University                                           Associate Professor      9/99           8/01

  Department of Meteorology                                  Meteorology

Stony Brook University, SUNY                              Associate Professor/     9/01           present

  School of Marine and Atmospheric Sci.                Professor (Atm. Sci.)

 

Other Professional Experience (Part-time teaching, adjunct positions, consulting; including dates)

Kau Yan College, Hong Kong                 High school teacher         9/84 to 5/85

                                                               (Math and Physics)

Royal Observatory, Hong Kong               Scientific Officer              6/85 to 8/89

                                                               (weather forecaster)

 

III Research Interests

My main research focus is on investigating the large scale dynamics of the mid-latitude troposphere. The phenomena that I have investigated range from baroclinic waves/cyclones up to storm tracks and the large scale mean circulation. The distinctive characteristic of my research lies in the fact that I employ a wide range of tools in my research, ranging from analyses of gridded atmospheric analyses and GCM simulations to learn about the basic characteristics of the phenomena, examination of actual observations to validate what have been learnt from the gridded data, and dynamical studies using a suite of intermediate/mechanistic models to achieve better understanding of these observed phenomena. For more details, click here.

 

IV Publications

Please refer to most recent publication list

 

V Teaching Activity

 

Undergraduate Courses:

            1. Atmospheric Structure and Analysis, ATM 247, 3 credits, undergraduate majors required course, taught every other spring since 2002

            2. Introduction to Atmospheric Sciences, ATM 205, 3 credits, undergraduate majors required course, taught every Fall since 2004

 

Graduate Courses:

            1. Theoretical Meteorology II, MAR 594, 3 credits, graduate core course, taught in Fall 2001-2003

            2. Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics, MAR 582, 3 credits, graduate elective, taught in Spring 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011

            3. Graduate Seminar in Atmospheric Sciences, OCN 694, 1 credit, graduate core course, co-taught Fall 2002-Spring 2006

            4. Theoretical Meteorology I, MAR 593, 3 credits, graduate core course, co-taught in Spring 2004

            5. Special Topics in Marine Sciences: Readings in GFD, 2 credits, graduate elective, co-taught in Fall 2006

            6. Special Topics in Atmospheric Sciences: General Circulation of the Atmosphere, 2 credits, graduate elective, taught in Spring 2009

 

Graduate Students supervised/supervising:

            At SUNYSB: Xiaosong Yang (Ph.D. 2006), Siwon Song, Yanjuan Guo (Ph.D. 2010), Xiaoming Xia (Ph.D. 2012), Minghua Zheng, Albert Yau

            At MIT: Pablo Zurita-Gotor (Ph.D. 2002; co-advised with Richard Lindzen), Yijian Chen (M.S. 1997), Gregory Lawson

 

Postdocs supervised:

            Dr. Yunfei Fu, Dr. Nili Harnik, Dr. Pablo Zurita-Gotor, Dr. Yanjuan Guo

 

VI. Recent University Service

            Arts and Sciences Senate Curriculum Committee (member, 2007-11; co-chair, 2008-09; chair, 2009-11)

 

VII. Professional Service Outside the University

            Reviewed papers for:

                  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Journal of Climate, Monthly Weather Review, Journal of Geophysical Research, International Journal of Climatology, Geophysical Research Letts., Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Tellus, Atmosphere-Ocean, AGU monograph, Climate Dynamics, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, G-Cubed (Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems), Atmospheric Sciences Letters, Climate Research

            Reviewed Research Proposals for:

                  National Science Foundation, NOAA, and NERC (UK). Review Panelist for NSF

            Associate Editor of Monthly Weather Review (2002, 2007-2009)

            Convener of Special Session on Variability of Storm Tracks, AGU Spring Meeting, 5/2002

            Session Chair at various AMS meetings

            Contributing author, IPCC Fourth Assessment Report WG1 Ch. 3 (Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change)

            Co-leader, THORPEX interest group on “The role of Rossby wave dynamics in predictability”

            Member, AMS committee on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics (2006-2011)

            Program co-chair, AMS 18th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics (June, 2011)

            Chair, US THORPEX Science Steering Committee, 2011-

 

VIII. Invited Talks (since 2006)

            University of Maryland, College Park – May 2006

            Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University – Sept 2006

            Beijing University – Mar 2008

            Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences – Mar 2008

            COLA, George Mason University – Oct 2008

            Stony Brook University – Oct 2008

            MOCA 2009 – July 2009

            Third THORPEX International Science Symposium – Sept 2009

            Texas A&M University – Nov 2009

            Chinese University of Hong Kong – Apr 2010

            University at Albany – Dec 2010

            University of Rostock (Germany) – Mar 2011

            University of Mainz (Germany) – Apr 2011

            Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) – Apr 2011

            Hong Kong Observatory – Jun 2011

            Caltech – Oct 2011

            JPL – Oct 2011

            Stony Brook University – Nov 2011

            Stony Brook University – Mar 2012

            AGU Fall Meeting – Dec 2012

 

 

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